Full Freeview on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 94,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Midhurst transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Midhurst transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 51km west-southwest (256°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 41km west-southwest (248°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 16 Oct 2019 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
C29 | SDN | ||||||||
C33 | ArqB | ||||||||
C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
C35 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | BBCA | ||||||||
C50tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C54tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C56tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C58tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C59tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
C61 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C62 | SDN | ||||||||
C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 29 Feb 12 and 14 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
Mux C* | (-16dB) 2.5kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Midhurst transmitter area
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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:54 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb to 00:06 today [BBC]
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MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:54 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb to 00:06 today [BBC]
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MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:54 today to 02:10 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb to 00:06 today [BBC]
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MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:54 today to 02:10 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb to 00:06 today [BBC]
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Phil7:40 AM
Pulborough
I live at RH20 3EZ - using the Midhurst transmitter.
There's excellent signal strength gor BBCA and ARQA muxes, but poor strength on D3+4.
Given that the signal strength for BBCA and D3+4 should be the same (20kW) and ARQA is lower (5kW), why should this be the case?
Thanks,
Phil
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Phil's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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The Apex Team9:03 AM
Hi everyone. We are a local Aerial and satellite specialist company. We are out and about today doing retunes starting from Petersfield - Haselmere- Petworth. If anyone struggling or need advice we are happy to help. www.apexaerial.co.uk
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Steve11:29 AM
Chichester
Additional info re reception in PO20 7BG using Midhurst TX. Rechecking and all COM6 ArqB channels are missing.
My box tracks all the signal strengths it finds at between 75-87%.
I note that ArqB is power restricted at 10% of it's capability until further notice (so that's the problem) - so it's 1 step forward and 2 steps back!
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Phil: A look at the Digital UK Tradeview predictor for your post code (click the link next to your posting) is interesting.
For all multiplexes from Midhurst, it regards 100% of the post code area "served" (on its criteria). However, C61 (D3&4) is 96% "served" and 100% "marginal", so too is BBC B (HD services) on C58. The key here is not the absolute values, but the relate difference of these two multiplexes.
This could perhaps be a suggestion that there is another transmitter whose signals might be detrimental to reception of these multiplexes from Midhurst at this location.
In October this year, D3&4 is due to move to C56, and that too has the same 96% served prediction.
I've looked at the transmitters which use C61 and I've not come to any definate conclusion. Mendip uses C61 and C58. It also uses C56 at the same power as 61 and 58.
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Thursday, 15 March 2012
MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:54 yesterday to 02:10 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb to 00:06 yesterday [BBC]
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MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:54 yesterday to 02:10 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb to 00:06 yesterday [BBC]
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